Vertical Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Second Trimester Associated with Severe Neonatal Pathology.

ABSTRACT: The effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in women on the gestation course and the health of the fetus, particularly in the first and second trimesters, remain very poorly explored. This report describes a case in which the normal development of pregnancy was complicated immediately after the patient had experienced Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at the 21st week of gestation. Specific conditions included critical blood flow in the fetal umbilical artery, fetal growth restriction (1st percentile), right ventricular hypertrophy, hydropericardium, echo-characteristics of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (leukomalacia in periventricular area) and intraventricular hemorrhage at the 25th week of gestation. Premature male neonate delivered at the 26t

SUBMITTER: Sukhikh G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7999228 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature